H9001–/וַ–v

and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And they say one unto another, `Verily we `are' guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'

וַיַּעַן֩ (וַ) va “and”

and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes.

וַיִּסֹּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels `with' corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so.

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”וַיְמַלְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,

וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it `is' in the mouth of his bag,

וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּרְא֙ (וַ) va “and”

and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What `is' this God hath done to us!'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּֽחֶרְד֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ (וַ) va “and”

`The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va “and”

and we say unto him, We `are' right men, we have not been spies,

וַנֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye `are' right men -- one of your brethren leave with me, and `for' the famine of your houses take ye and go,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver `is' in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְא֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּירָֽאוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take -- against me have been all these.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, `My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I -- I bring him back unto thee;'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother `is' dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.'

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּקְרָאָ֤הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”

and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother `being' with you;

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Israel saith, `Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?'

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?'

וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ (וַ) va “and”וַנַ֨גֶּד־ (וַ) va. “and”

And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

I -- I am surety `for' him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days;

וְהִצַּגְתִּ֣יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָטָ֥אתִֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved -- I am bereaved.'

וְשִׁלַּ֥ח (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men take this present, double money also they have taken in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rise, and go down to Egypt, and stand before Joseph;

וַיִּקְח֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּרְד֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”